The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-08

troubles; Wind Gated the power OF
Congress 10 deal with corporations,
and did other things, as the following
lis Of most important public acts will
show, all Of which long needed TO be
done, bat which the Republicans,
when they had power, refused to do.
II passed laws:
l. Settling the succession to the
Presidency.
2. Regulating the counting Of the
electoral vote.
8. Repairing the tenure Of office act.
4. FORGETTING and restoring TO the
public domain about $4,000, 900 acres
If land.
g. Prohibiting thel-.ownerahip Of
land by aliens.
g. Effectively dealing with the crime
OF Pc ygamy.
Z. Referring all private claims TO the
Court OF Claims.
8. Giving money fer fast cruisers,
for naval harb cefenses and for steel
guns for all tue new ships.
8. Ordering thorough inquiry into
the affairs and management OF the
Pacific railroads.
10. Author ziDg the President to
deal with the fishery troubles.
IL. Regu lating interstate commerce.
IL. Reducing the fees on .postal
| money orders.
Is. Extend ng the free delivery
system to cities Of 100 90 Inhabitants.
a. Relieving the merchant marine
of a number Of vexations. and needless
burdens.
10 Reckoning trade dollars.
10. Prohibiting the use OF convict
labor on public buildings.
IL. Ordering the adjustment. of rail-
road laod grants.
Is. AlloIting lands in.severaty to
Indians.
10. Authorizing tina issue Of small
silver certificates.
20. Giving money for a ,Congress-
ional library.
Finally, unlike the notorious Keller
Congress elected with Gen. Garfield,
it was guiltless OF jobs.
OMISSIONS.
That it did not do a good many i'm
portant things which were ex oected Of
| 1t is perfectly true; that j. failed to
abolish the surplus taxes Al to pro-
vide for barDor defense for the sea,
lake and gulf ports, ADD for guns for
such defenses, Is serious fault. But
the movement Of Legislation in Con-
gress is alwaysslow. Many Congresses,
Republican in both branches, have
done nothing at all, and none since
the war have done so much as this Of
necessary and important public work.
Therefore the Democratic party need
not be ashamed of this Congress, which
would have done much more in the
way of reform II the Republican
Senate had not vigilantly opposed and
skilfully defeated measures very i'm
portant to the people which had
passed the Democratic House. The
Republican Senate did its utmost to
protect corporations, and to prevent q
stop being put In land grabbing, and
it's labors in this direction were easily
effective, for the power OF corporations
has become u der the fostering care
of the Republicans very great, and
the Democrats, controlling only one
House, were unable t. act decisively
on this great public question.
SENATOR BRoK's WIFE DEAD.
Mrs. Jane Washington Beck, wife Of
Senator Beck, Of Kentucky, died at
her reside zee in this city, this even
ing of inf animation Ct the bowels. Mrs.
Beck had been feeling as we'll as usual
this winter, and Der first symptoms
OF illness we're the result Of cold con-
tracted while ont riding in an open
carriage on Friday. Nothing serious
was apprehended uutilAihis morning
when Ds. Wales and Busy, the ply
sicisns in attendance, informed the
family that they could of r no hope Of
her recovery. Senator b OK and Mrs
Goodloe, Mrs. Beos's daughter, were
at her bedside ia her last moments
Her only other child, a grown son, Ii
in Wyoming, The rem aims will b,
taken to Lexington, KY, for inter
ment. Mrs, Beck was born in Au
burn, Va, October 8, 1923, aud was
the grandniece and nearest Twins
descendant of George Washington
she married Senator Back in Lexing
ton, KY, February 8, 1913.